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Bartok 2018

String quartet writing occupied Bartok’s mind throughout his life, from his teens to his last few years, and the importance of this cycle of 6 quartets cannot be underestimated.
Steering a course away from the 2nd Viennese school, Bartok created an entirely new sound world, which in turn inspired a whole new generation of composers. The music is by turns deeply expressive and hugely dynamic, flavoured with strong dissonance, and by the folk music that he collected from his native Hungary and beyond.
We very much look forward to performing complete cycles of these works throughout 2018!

Cycles
We will be performing complete cycles in the following venues:

Kings Place, London – Macro/Micro

In this three-part series , we will interleave 2 quartets by Bartok, with a jewel-like miniature by his living compatriot, Gyorgy Kurtag.